Category 2 Fire Prohibition in Effect 1200hrs (noon) May 5, 2023


May 4, 2023

PRINCE GEORGE– Effective at 12:00 pm (noon) on Friday, May 5, 2023, the BC Wildfire Service has issued a Category 2 open burning is prohibited within the Peace Forest District and the Fort Nelson Forest District. This prohibition remains in force until the earlier of 12:00 noon PDT on June 2, 2023 or until the Order is rescinded. (This includes all of the electoral (rural) areas in the Peace River Regional District).

All persons lighting, fuelling, or using any of the open fires listed above within the restricted area to cease doing so and to extinguish all such fires.

The following activities and use of the following equipment, materials and substances also remain prohibited:

  • Category 2 open fires
  • Fireworks
  • Sky Lanterns
  • Burn Barrels or Burn Cages of any size or description
  • Binary exploding targets
  • Air Curtain Burners

To review the full fire prohibition and a map of the area under the fire prohibition visit BC Wildfire’s website.

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